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Joe Biden, Bill Nelson Set to Headline Florida Dems Annual Dinner

June 14, 2017 - 10:45am
Joe Biden, Bill Nelson, Andrew Gillum and Gwen Graham
Joe Biden, Bill Nelson, Andrew Gillum and Gwen Graham

The Florida Democratic Party has unveiled its list of speakers for its annual gathering of party faithful at the Leadership Blue gala which will be held in Hollywood this weekend.

Large amounts of Democrats will gather Saturday for the one-day extravaganza. The main event will be keynote speaker former Vice President Joe Biden, who will address the crowd at the Leadership Blue dinner. 
 
Several other state Democrats like U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., will also headline the event, which will include three panels all aiming to help Democrats mobilize themselves for 2018 and beyond. The FDP will hold an "issue-based" panel as well as a "resistance" panel featuring activists from the Black Lives Matter movement.

Former Democratic National Committee chairwoman U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was previously slated to give the opening remarks, but the FDP ultimately did not add her to the schedule.

Democratic gubernatorial candidates Gwen Graham, Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum and businessman Chris King will also participate in a panel Saturday afternoon.
 
Sens. Oscar Braynon, D-Miami Gardens, Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, will join Biden and Nelson to speak at the Leadership Blue gala dinner Saturday evening.

 
The full schedule is below:
 
Our Voice, Our Issues Panel, 11:00-12:30 pm
Moderator:
Representative Cynthia Stafford
Panelists: State Senator Oscar Braynon
                 State Represenative Carlos Guillermo Smith
                 Anna Eskamani, Planned Parenthood 
                 Tom Conboy, South Florida Engineering and Consulting LLC 
                 Mary Green, President of the Brevard Democratic Disability Caucus
                 Ghazala Salam, American Muslim Democratic Caucus  
 
The Resistance Panel, 1:00-2:30 pm
Moderator:
DeRay McKesson, Black Lives Matter; Pod Save the People
Panelists: Dominik Whitehead, AFSCME
                 Ida Eskamani, Organize Florida
                 Charo Valero, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health 
                 Maria Rodriguez, Florida Immigrant Coalition
                 Carrie Feit, Women's March of Florida 
                 Karla Hernandez Mats, United Teachers of Dade 
 
Gubernatorial Panel, hosted by the Progressive Caucus of Florida, 3:00-4:30 pm
Moderator:
Keith Fitzgerald, former State Representative
Panelists: Mayor Andrew Gillum
                 Former Congresswoman Gwen Graham
                 Chris King
 
Leadership Blue Gala, 7:00-9:00 pm
Speakers:
Former Vice President Joe Biden
                 U.S. Senator Bill Nelson
                 DNC Vice Chair Michael Blake
                 State Senator Oscar Braynon
                 State Senator Jeff Clemens
                 State Representative Janet Cruz 
                 State Representative Kionne McGhee
                 State Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith
                 Mayor Wayne Messam
                 Commissioner David Arreola​
                 Ana Eskamani                 
                 Ida Eskamani​
                 FDP Chair Stephen Bittel
                 FDP President Sally Boynton Brown
 


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